Novel Four: Day Three
THREE DAYS LEFT (AND YES, COUNTING)…
(As a reminder, the overall monthly challenge is to write four novels and gain distance every week on my step count, starting the first week at an average of 11,000 steps per day.)
Three more days after today to finish this last book. If I give it the hours, I will get it done, no issue. But again tonight got distracted. No more distractions until Tuesday night. (grin)
The Day Went Like This…
Got up at 2:30 p.m., did an hour of e-mail and got to WMG around 4:30 p.m. just like yesterday. Then headed out to the south store and ended up working the south store for a half hour because customers were coming in and the manager had to head out. Great fun for me.
I’m also going to run it on the day of the eclipse since I am the only one within walking distance of the place. (It’s two miles.)
I went back to WMG offices and stayed until 8 p.m. working on workshop stuff. Home to nap, cook dinner and then back in here to work on e-mail and more workshop stuff and some reading on the challenge stories.
Then I got to the writing around 11:30 p.m. a little early.
The Writing Went Like This…
This book is seriously twisted. And I have no idea where it is going or who done what or anything. Could get interesting in a thrill-ride sort of way over the next three days. (grin)
I did 1,200 words before 12:30 a.m. and then went to watch some television with Kris and I didn’t get back to writing until around 2:30 a.m. So much for getting an early start. (grin)
I got another 1,400 words done before 3:15 a.m. This book just pours along when I am in the chair.
Took a quick break and did another 1,100 words before 4 a.m.
Break and got another 1,300 words by 5 a.m.
Short break and 1,400 more words by 6 a.m.
6,400 words in 5 sessions. (Again this total could have been so much more but I got distracted.)
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Novel #1…The Writing of TOMBSTONE CANYON: A Thunder Mountain Novel
Challenge Day 1… Words written… 6,600. Total so far… 6,600 words.
Challenge Day 2… Words written… 6,700. Total so far… 13,300 words.
Challenge Day 3… Words written… 6,100. Total so far… 19,400 words.
Challenge Day 4… Words written… 6,200. Total so far… 25,600 words.
Challenge Day 5… Words written… 6,200. Total so far…, 31,800 words.
Challenge Day 6… Words written… 6,100. Total so far…, 37,900 words.
Challenge Day 7… Words written… 3,200. Final Total…, 41,100 words. (Novel count is 38,000)
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Challenge Novel #2
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Novel #2…The Writing of DEATH TAKES A DIAMOND: A Mary Jo Assassin Novel
Challenge Day 8… Words written… 6,400. Total so far… 6,400 words.
Challenge Day 9… Words written… 6,100. Total so far… 12,500 words.
Challenge Day 10… Words written… 3,200. Total so far… 15,700 words.
Challenge Day 11… Words written… 2,900. Total written so far… 18,600 words.
Challenge Day 12… Words written… 3,100. Total written so far… 21,700 words.
Challenge Day 13… Words written… 6,100. Total written so far… 27,800 words.
Challenge Day 14… Words written… 3,300. Total written so far… 31,100 words.
Challenge Day 15… Words written… 6,200. Total written so far… 37,300 words.
Challenge Day 16… Words written… 6,500. Final total written… 43,800 words. (Novel is no where near that long and might get shorter still after Kris reads it.)
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Challenge Novel #3
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Novel #3…The Writing of DRY CREEK CROSSING: A Thunder Mountain Novel
Challenge Day 17… Words written… 3,100. Total so far… 3,100 words.
Challenge Day 18… Words written… 3,400. Total so far… 6,500 words.
Challenge Day 19… Words written… 2,900. Total so far… 9,400 words.
Challenge Day 20… Words written… 6,200. Total so far… 15,600 words.
Challenge Day 21… Words written… 6,300. Total so far… 21,900 words.
Challenge Day 22… Words written… 6,100. Total so far… 28,000 words.
Challenge Day 23… Words written… 6,000. Total so far… 34,000 words.
Challenge Day 24… Words written… 3,100. Total so far… 37,100 words.
Challenge Day 25… Words written… 3,300. Final total writer… 40,400 words. (Novel is not that long.)
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Challenge Novel #4
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Novel #4…The Writing of BURN CARD: A Cold Poker Gang Mystery
Challenge Day 26 … Words written… 7,300 Total so far… 7,300 words.
Challenge Day 27 … Words written… 6,200 Total so far… 13,500 words.
Challenge Day 28 … Words written… 6,400 Total so far… 19,900 words.
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The Day Breakdown
4.5 hours writing… 6,400 words
.5 hours exercise plus normal movement… 5,100 steps
6 hours of work for workshops and e-mails and meetings and such.
The rest is television and cooking and travel and so on. Plus 8 hours of sleep. One 10 minute nap.
THE CHALLENGE SO FAR…
Days over 6,000 words… 18 of 28
Days over 11,000 steps… 11 of 28
38 hours of regular job work this week. Today is week day seven.
NOTICE THAT IS BASICALLY A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK. JUST SAYING…
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Tracking Word Counts… July 28th, 2017
Writing in Public blog streak… Day 1,409
— Daily Fiction: 6,400 original words. Fiction month-to-date: 145,200 words
— Nonfiction: 00 new words. Nonfiction month-to-date total: 700 words
— Blog Posts: 500 new words. Blog month-to-date word count: 13,700 words
— E-mail: 26 e-mails. Approx. 1,100 original words. E-mails month-to date: 839 e-mails. Approx. 49,200 words
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AUGUST ONLINE WORKSHOPS
All have openings at the moment. Information at
www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com
Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we have a full curriculum posted on its own page.
Class #13… Aug 8th … Depth #3: Research
Class #14… Aug 8th … Endings
Class #15… Aug 8th … Point of View
Class #16… Aug 8th … Writing Mysteries
Class #17… Aug 8th … Speed
Class #18… Aug 8th … Teams in Fiction
Class #19… Aug 9th … Depth in Writing
Class #20… Aug 9th … How to Edit Your Own Work
Class #21… Aug 9th … Character Development
Class #22… Aug 9th … Writing Secondary Plot Lines
Class #23… Aug 9th … Advanced Depth
Class #24… Aug 9th … Writing Fantasy
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